shadecat Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Man. I have a Sony MZ RH10. This has happened to me more than once. I am recording a concert live. The first half comes out beautifully and then....nothing. The display indicates that my disc has many hours left on it.(I erased the disc completely before starting) Granted it was in my pocket but I don't think I did anything to accidentally hit a button to disrupt it. No Synch recording setting was on. Can this happen in the "writing to disc" phase? Ever happen to you Folks? Thanks Steve F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Sounds like the problem I have documented extensively. If Dover is in the UK, why not send to my friend Jim Hoggarth so he can practise his skills (tutored by me)? If I accept units from now on, I shall start charging. There seem to be a lot of them. Just to see if we are on the right lines: does this machine always READ disks that were previously "good". If so, sounds like the same ol' same ol' to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadecat Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks for the quick reply SFBP Actually Pro from Dover is a way of saying "expert" not a location but a frame of mind. Being as "newbie" as you can get, not so sure what you refer to when you say "does the machine read disks that were previously good" But as you say "you have documented extensively" it seems to confirm that I am not doing anything unconsciously to screw up the recording or writing to disk. Any hints or threads I should go to to enlighten myself? Sounds like your saying that it's a mechanical error. A bummer to be sure if that's the case. Thanks again SFBP Sounds like the problem I have documented extensively. If Dover is in the UK, why not send to my friend Jim Hoggarth so he can practise his skills (tutored by me)? If I accept units from now on, I shall start charging. There seem to be a lot of them. Just to see if we are on the right lines: does this machine always READ disks that were previously "good". If so, sounds like the same ol' same ol' to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 You talk in riddles my friend. Better look at my recent content to find the threads about RH10/RH910. Most likely a laser maladjustment. But to fix probably needs the specialist equipment which I have. IF the current test stands up (someone is sending me theirs) I will have to start charging for repair service. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadecat Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the feedback. I will probably keep in contact about a future repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the feedback. I will probably keep in contact about a future repair. Look forward to hearing from you, wherever you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungerdunger Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Actually Pro from Dover is a way of saying "expert" not a location but a frame of mind. I'd never heard this expression before (and I don't think sfbp has either), so I Googled it and came up with this: The pro from Dover is a slang term for outside consultants who are brought into a business to troubleshoot and solve problems. The term comes from the 1968 book M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker. In the book, the character Hawkeye is described as using the guise of being the pro from Dover to obtain free entrance to golf courses: Hawkeye would walk confidently into a pro shop, smile, comment upon the nice condition of the course, explain that he was just passing through and that he was Joe, Dave or Jack Somebody, the pro from Dover. This resulted, about eight times out of ten, in an invitation to play for free. If forced into conversation, he became the pro from Dover (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, England, Ohio, Delaware, Tennessee, or Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, whichever seemed safest). Later on in the book, when Hawkeye and fellow surgeon Trapper are called from Korea to Tokyo to perform surgery on a congressman's son, the following exchange takes place: 'All right,' Trapper said. 'Somebody trot out the latest pictures of this kid with the shell fragment in his chest.' "No one moved. "'Snap it up!' yelled Hawkeye. 'We're the pros from Dover, and the last pictures we saw must be forty-eight hours old by now.' This latter exchange is repeated in the 1970 movie, but the term pros from Dover is not explained in the script. People who had seen the movie, but not read the book, started using the phrase to mean outside experts/consultants without understanding that Hawkeye was using the term facetiously, referring to an old con he used to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Aha! Being a Man of Kent I was certainly puzzled. I always get a jolt when I see "Dover Sole" or "Dungeness Crab" (by all accounts the latter ought to be radioactive) on the menu here in NA. I've yet to see "Rye Bay Plaice" though. LOL S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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